(October 23, 2017, 12:20 PM EDT) -- ALBANY, N.Y. — A New York appeals panel on Oct. 19 held that equity dictates that it not permit the lack of an established relationship be used as a pretext to prevent grandparents from otherwise exercising their right to seek visitation of their grandchildren, reversing a lower court (In the Matter of Ellen Monroe, et al. v. Jeff Monroe, et al., No. 523305, N.Y. Sup., App. Div., 3rd Dept., 2017 N.Y. App. Div. LEXIS 7376)....